Milwaukee Employing Cheese to Thaw Frozen Roads

Americans are used to seeing salt on the streets during the
winter months, but what about cheese? According to the New York Times, the city of Milwaukee has started using provolone and mozzarella cheese juice to help thaw
its icy streets. The city is known for its dairy production and reusing cheese brine could save the city a whole lot of money that is typically spent
on salt. "You want to use provolone or mozzarella. Those
have the best salt content. You have to do practically nothing to it." explained
the fleet operations manager for the Milwaukee public works department, Jeffrey
A. Tews. The program is still in its experimental stages, but so far the brine
hasn't caused a cheesy smell and the costs for storing and transporting the
brine are much less than buying a yearly supply of salt. We're just trying to
make every possible use of cheese," said Tony Zielinksi, a Bay View alderman.